Hello and good morning, I have just finished up turning all the solo stems and wanted to post a pic so nobody thought I was just screw'n off the last couple of days! I have been super busy with these and got right after it Thurs and Fri!

I got the wrong washer size for the solo dugouts and wasnt able to try the soring idea yet. I will get the right size this coming week and give it a try then.

I appreciate the link Havealight and will check em out if what I have doesnt work.

I hope all is well out there, now that these are done its off to start turning LB Stems!

ps: I haven't forgotten you Ed. I still want to do a little review on your Solo stem but my computer's memory card reader died and I keep forgetting to pick up a new one, so I can't upload any photo's atm

I just can't win.......oh well.
I was thinking about the washers and wondered weather buttons would work.I don't know about material and size, but these look like they could be functional and they're classier than washers.

I have never seen these before Rayski, how do they work? Do they have a spring inside?

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It's like the button on your jeans.... something like a grommet. I'm guessing they're probably to big and you might not need the small part, but there's got to be all sizes and types you can choose from.

Had a bit of bad luck this morning, I have been in the woods a few time already deer hunting with my boys and saw nothing, am on my way to run errands and out of nowhere a big doe runs across the rd, I slam on the brakes and slow down to let her cross, then outa nowhere comes this little fawn and slams into my truck! I freaking killed the poor thing and it tore my truck up. Got a hole in the radiator and a hella sound coming from the fan and belt. This is not cool at all, so this is gonna slow me down even more. You gotta be careful down here in the south and especially in MS. there is more deer per square mile than any other state in the nation. Its a shame for all the time we spend in the woods waiting for em and see nothing, then just trying to get somewhere you plow into one.

Had a bit of bad luck this morning, I have been in the woods a few time already deer hunting with my boys and saw nothing, am on my way to run errands and out of nowhere a big doe runs across the rd, I slam on the brakes and slow down to let her cross, then outa nowhere comes this little fawn and slams into my truck! I freaking killed the poor thing and it tore my truck up. Got a hole in the radiator and a hella sound coming from the fan and belt. This is not cool at all, so this is gonna slow me down even more. You gotta be careful down here in the south and especially in MS. there is more deer per square mile than any other state in the nation. Its a shame for all the time we spend in the woods waiting for em and see nothing, then just trying to get somewhere you plow into one.

Good morning Xoul and welcome to the forum! Its good to hear from another guy here in the south! I hope you have had a happy Thanksgiving and appreciate your interest in my work. I was hoping to have had these back in stock by now but am gonna be another week before I have a bunch of them done. My metal guy has run outa drill bits and has them on order so am just waiting on him. These arent just ordinary bits and cant be bought at any local store. I do have a couple of Cocobolo Stems left over at Amazon if you wanna get one while they last.

All is good this way, had an awesome Thanksgiving spread, Mrs. Ed out did herself with all the trimmings! Got a lot done in the shop and even squeezed in a quick hunt with my oldest son. We didnt have any luck but had some quality time together just us. Aint nothing like taking some time with the kids!